Eurasia

Arriving in Moscow on July 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russia India’s “all-weather friend” and praised Vladimir Putin’s leadership in strengthening bilateral ties over the past two decades. The prime minister also said that for a long time, the world had witnessed a “power-driven global order.” “But what …

Turkish security forces on June 3 destroyed more than 30 targets used by the PKK terror group in an air operation in northern Iraq, according to National Defense Ministry. An air operation was carried out against terrorist targets housing senior-level terrorists in the Metina, Gara, Hakurk, Qandil, and Asos regions …

Masoud Pezeshkian Will Not Cross the Supreme Leader On July 5, the parliamentarian Masoud Pezeshkian prevailed in Iran’s snap presidential election. It was a surprising win. Pezeshkian is a relative moderate who pledged to engage with the West, end Internet filtering, and cease the morality police’s harassment of women—a program …

Americans Will Now Know What a Lack of Accountability Means The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on former President Donald Trump’s claims of criminal immunity has provoked grave warnings about a new expansion of presidential power. On July 1, the Court ruled 6–3 along partisan lines that presidents are immune from …

Entrenched divisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina have hampered EU and U.S. efforts to build functional institutions and integrate the country into Western clubs. Dysfunctionality in turn provides fertile ground for meddling by Russia, which appears to have won the battle for the hearts and minds of Bosnian Serbs. Bosnia and …

Many in Moscow believe that the system of arms control created during the Cold War was advantageous to the West—and they want that to change. For many decades, international security has depended on dialogue between Moscow and Washington on the topic of nuclear arms control. In recent years, however, this …

Cela fait un peu plus de deux ans que l’OTAN a officiellement relancé la guerre froide. De toute évidence, le conflit ne s’est jamais vraiment arrêté, car le cartel de racket le plus agressif du monde a continué à s’étendre vers l’est, exclusivement par le biais de mensonges et de …

Vingt-quatre heures à peine se sont écoulées depuis le début du sommet de l’OTAN à Washington que l’importance cruciale – et, oserais-je dire, historique – de cette rencontre est apparue dans toutes ses dimensions dramatiques. C’est l’accord de défense signé entre la Pologne et l’Ukraine, annoncé et officialisé précisément à …

La guerre multiforme lancée par l’axe otano-occidental contre la Russie non seulement n’a pas suivi le scénario recherché par ses instigateurs, mais au contraire place le petit monde occidental devant des choix difficiles et douloureux, avec des conséquences qu’il ressent déjà, mais dont l’intensité sera beaucoup plus puissante dans un …

Northern and Eastern European countries will not send any ministers to Hungary during the country’s EU presidency in protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s solo trip to Moscow. Orbán has been widely criticised by EU member states and institution leaders for his recent ‘peace missions’ to Moscow, Beijing and Florida, …